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Broadway credits include Present Laughter, You Can't Take It With You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening, The Green Bird, Jackie, and The Iceman Cometh (1986). Off-Broadway credits include A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur; Taylor Mac's Hir; How I Spent Last Summer; Omnium Gatherum; Our Leading Lady; The Killer; Dog Opera (Obie Award); and Christopher Durang'fs Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them; Miss Witherspoon; and Betty's Summer Vacation (Obie). Nielsen has worked regionally all over the country, including at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Folger Theatre (D.C.), and most recently at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton in Durang's Turning Off the Morning News. Television: "Happyish," "Elementary," "Political Animals," NBC's "The Sound of Music Live," Amazon's "Z: The Beginning of Everything." Film: Trouble, Morning Glory, The Savages, Small Time Crooks. Nielsen is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale School of Drama.

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Kristine Nielsen STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2023
Ginnie

[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2023
Elinore

[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theatre Company Off-Broadway Revival, 2019
Lily Dale

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2019
Janice

[Off-Broadway]
La Femme Productions Off-Broadway Revival, 2018
Performer

[Washington, DC (Regional)]
Folger Theatre Production, 2018
Rene

[Off-Broadway]
Shakespeare in the Park Revival, 2017
Puck

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2017
Monica Reed

[Off-Broadway]
Red Bull Theater Revelation Reading, 2017
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Original Off-Broadway Production, 2015
Paige

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
Penelope Sycamore

[Motion Picture]
NBC Live Televised Production, 2013
Frau Schmidt

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2013
Performer

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2010
The Storyteller

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2009
Performer [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2008
Anna

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2008
Madame de Volanges

[Off-Broadway]
2007
Bootsie Carp

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Bootsie Carp

[Off-Broadway]
2007
Mary

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2007
Verbena Morris

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2006
The Adult Women [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
2006
Mary Ellen

[Off-Broadway]
2005
Veronica

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2005
Eunice Hubbell

[Off-Broadway]
2003
Suzie

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
2001
Lois Coleman

[Off-Broadway]
2000
Carla Pepperbloom

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2000
Ninetta

[Off-Broadway]
1999
Joan Bailey

[Off-Broadway]
1999
Mrs. Siezmagraff

[Broadway]
1997
Marilyn Monroe

Martha Bartlett

Rose Kennedy

Sander Vanocer

[Off-Broadway]
1997
Alexa Vere de Vere [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1997
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
1996
Alice

[Off-Broadway]
1996
Ninetta

[Off-Broadway]
1996
Francisca/Mariana

[Off-Broadway]
1995
Madeline Newell

[Off-Broadway]
1993
Gina

[Off-Broadway]
1992
Gladys Powers

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Eleanor Downey

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Telephone Girl/Neighbor/Court Stenographer

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Pat Weinhardt

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Elizabeth

[Off-Broadway]
1989
Queen Rosamund

[Off-Broadway]
1988
Kitty O'Rourke

[Off-Broadway]
1986
Nerissa

[Broadway]
1985
Pearl

[Off-Broadway]
1984
Hostess Quickly/Queen of France


Kristine Nielsen Movies

[1999]Advice from a Caterpillar Barbara

[2000]Small Time Crooks Emily Bailey

[2007]The Savages Nurse

[2010]Morning Glory Fan

[2012]That's What She Said Judith

[2021]Son Mrs. Naegle


Kristine Nielsen TV Shows

Z: The Beginning of Everything Minnie Sayre

Kristine Nielsen Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Obie Awards - 1995 - Performance

Kristine Nielsen, Dog Opera

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Kristine Nielsen News


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Photos: First Look at INFINITE LIFE at the National Theatre

The National Theatre has released new production images for Infinite Life, a co-production with the National Theatre and Atlantic Theater Company. Check out the photos here!

Every Broadway Actor in THE GILDED AGE Season Two

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Tim Daly, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lea Delaria, and More Will Lead THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Off-Broadway

​​​​​​​La Femme Theatre Productions will illuminate the Off-Broadway stage this season with an evocative 21 st century production of Tennessee Williams's timeless masterpiece, The Night of the Iguana.

Tim Daly, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lea DeLaria & More to Star in THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA at La Femme Theatre Productions

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Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of INFINITE LIFE, Now Extended at Atlantic Theater Company

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Review Roundup: INFINITE LIFE World Premiere Opens At Atlantic Theater Company

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Photos: Get a First Look at the World Premiere of INFINITE LIFE at Atlantic Theater Company

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A World Premiere Play, a New Bilingual Musical & More Join Atlantic Theater Company 2023-2024 Season

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Kristine Nielsen FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Kristine Nielsen has appeared on Broadway in 12 shows.

Kristine Nielsen has not appeared in the West End.

Kristine Nielsen has been nominated for several awards, including Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Hir," Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Why Torture is Wrong," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The People Who Love Them," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Betty's Summer Vacation," and a Performance Obie Award for "Dog Opera." Kristine Nielsen was also honored as a Legend of Off Broadway.

Kristine Nielsen has been honored with the Legend of Off Broadway Award and won an Obie Award for her performance in "Dog Opera."

Kristine Nielsen's next show will be Infinite Life which opens on 9/12/2023 on Off-Broadway.

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